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Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
Release Notes
2.5
New features and enhancements
Item
Description
Application updates
You now receive a notification message when a new version is available. You can also manually check for the latest
version of Yahoo!® Messenger for BlackBerry® devices by doing the following:
On the sign in screen, press the
Menu
key >
Check for Update
.
Conversations
Messages that you type but do not send are no longer deleted when you press the Escape key. The next time that you
open the conversation, you can edit your message and send it to your contact.
Conversation history
You can search for text in the conversation history for a contact.
Shortcut icons
To add a shortcut icon of a contact to the Home screen of your device so that you can quickly start conversations with
the contact, do the following:
1.
On the contact list screen, in a contact group, highlight a contact.
2.
Press the
Menu
key >
Show In Home Screen
.
To stop displaying the contact on the Home screen, click
Remove From Home Screen
.
Status
You can set your status to automatically show when you are on a call. When your call ends, your status automatically
changes back to what you last set it to.
This feature is only available when your device is connected to a 3G network or to a GPRS or EDGE network that has
Wi-Fi® coverage.
About updating your applications
Updating the applications on your BlackBerry® device can offer you the following benefits:
>
access to new features
>
resolve a technical issue
You can download applications from the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. For more information about the BlackBerry App World storefront, on a computer visit
www.blackberry.com/appworld
.
If you need help using an application, you can find answers in the application by pressing the
Menu
key and clicking
Help
on your device.